one

From Proto-Polynesian *qone (“sand”). Cognates include Hawaiian one and Samoan one.


au

From Proto-Polynesian *-u. Cognates include Hawaiian āu and Samoan āu.


au

From Proto-Polynesian *aqu. Cognates include Tongan aʻu and Samoan au.


au

From Proto-Polynesian *qahu. Cognates include Hawaiian au and Samoan au.


tau

Fresh nest fern leaves, used to cover a traditional oven.


lima

From Proto-Polynesian *lima. Cognates include Hawaiian lima and Samoan lima.


aka

From Proto-Polynesian *aka. Cognates include Hawaiian aʻa and Samoan a'a.


mata

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Samoan mata.


fale

From Proto-Polynesian *fale. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Samoan fale.


hau

From Proto-Polynesian *saqu. Cognates include Tuvaluan sau and Samoan sau.

E hau au mai Tokelau.


hau

From Proto-Polynesian *sau. Cognates include Hawaiian hau and Samoan sau.


vai

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai. Cognates include Hawaiian wai and Samoan vai.


vae

From Proto-Polynesian *waqe. Cognates include Hawaiian wae and Samoan vae.


tama

From Proto-Polynesian *tama. Cognates include Hawaiian kama and Samoan tama.


tō

From Proto-Polynesian *to. Cognates include Hawaiian kō and Samoan tō.


uho

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *uso. Cognates include Nuguria uso and Samoan uso.


uho

From Proto-Polynesian *uso. Cognates include Tongan uho and Niuean uho.


teine

From Proto-Polynesian *taqahine. Cognates include Tongan taʻahine and Samoan teine.


oti

From Proto-Polynesian *qoti. Cognates include Hawaiian oki and Samoan oti.


moana

From Proto-Polynesian *moana. Cognates include Hawaiian moana and Samoan moana.


lā

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *la. Cognates include Samoan lā.


mā

(to a male) brother-in-law (one's sister's husband)


tane

From Proto-Polynesian *tane. Cognates include Hawaiian kane and Samoan tane.


tino

From Proto-Polynesian *tino. Cognates include Hawaiian kino and Samoan tino.


faga

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *faŋa. Cognates include Maori whanga and Samoan faga.


manava

From Proto-Polynesian *manawa. Cognates include Hawaiian manawa and Samoan manava.


fenua

From Proto-Polynesian *fenua. Cognates include Hawaiian honua and Tuvaluan fenua.


fafine

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine. Cognates include Tuvaluan fafine and Samoan fafine.


umukuka

From umu (“cooking house”) + kuka (“to cook”). Akin to Samoan umukuka.


tāne

From Proto-Polynesian *taqane. Cognates include Hawaiian kāne and Samoan tāne.


lanu

From Proto-Polynesian *ranu. Cognates include Hawaiian nalu and Samoan lanu.


mātua

From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa (“parent”). Cognates include Hawaiian makua and Samoan matuā.


tamana

From Proto-Polynesian *tama-na. Cognates include Tuvaluan tamana and Samoan tamā.


kopiti

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kopi-ti (“to be narrow”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻōpiki (“trap”) and Maori kopiti (“to be closed”).


tuātina

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqa-a-tina. Cognates include Tongan tuʻasina and Tuvaluan tuātina.


tulivae

From Proto-Polynesian *turi-qi-waqe. Cognates include Tongan tuʻivaʻe and Samoan tulivae.


ālio

Learned borrowing from Samoan ʻārio, from Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árguros).


loimata

From Proto-Polynesian *loqi-mata. Cognates include Tongan loʻimata and Samoan loimata.